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Lots of drama in this week's chapters...!

Next week we'll continue with Part IV chapters 3 and 4.

Date: Nov. 28th, 2021 12:35 am (UTC)
sanguinity: woodcut by M.C. Escher, "Snakes" (Default)
From: [personal profile] sanguinity
I can't speak to Broster herself, but now that you point it out, I would agree that the hypothesis that Keith is at least a bit face-blind is supported by the text!

(omg, what must it be like to be faceblind in the military, when everyone is in identical uniform all the time?)

Date: Nov. 28th, 2021 03:19 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] hyarrowen
I got dreadfully confused when watching Band of Brothers. Who is this young, white, dark-haired, uniformed fellow with an American accent who's wearing an enormous helmet? I really had no idea most of the time...

Date: Nov. 28th, 2021 04:03 am (UTC)
sanguinity: woodcut by M.C. Escher, "Snakes" (Default)
From: [personal profile] sanguinity
Yeah, my wife is a bit face-blind, and can struggle with TV. A couple of shows (such as The Terror) I've not bothered suggesting for just that reason: a whole cast of medium-build bearded dark-haired white men in very similar uniforms.

Date: Nov. 29th, 2021 05:52 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] tgarnsl
As someone who is reasonably face blind, I can never get into any media where there are a bunch of similar looking people in uniforms. The Terror is a good show but I can recognise like three people on it.

I wholeheartedly support the notion that Keith is face blind, however, and am now amused/horrified at the thought of him not recognising Ewen at the shieling until it was too late.

Date: Nov. 29th, 2021 04:59 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] osprey_archer
I'M GLAD IT WASN'T JUST ME. I watched it with my brother and had to ask him to identify every character almost every episode, and by the end I could STILL only reliably identify three of them. And one of them was the one guy who had lighter hair, of course.

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